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FNC Evening News for 2018-02-15

This program is about 1 hour long

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  05:59:55 pm — 06:00:14 pm

• Preview and Introduction

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  06:00:14 pm — 06:00:44 pm

  President Trump calls the Florida school massacre hatred and evil and talks about mental health, not gun control. Senators argue over immigration reform proposals, voting them all down with no agreement in sight. And President Trump appears to support a 25 cent per gallon increase in the gasoline tax. What would that look like? This is Special report. Good evening. Welcome to Washington on Bret Baier.... Persons: Former President Donald Trump, Bret Baier

• President Trump Urges Love Over Hate

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  06:00:44 pm — 06:09:30 pm

  President Trump is urging the families of victims and survivors of yesterday's Florida school shooting to answer hate with love and cruelty with kindness. This is we are learning more tonight about what happened at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Police say 19 year old Nikolas Cruz used a legally purchased AR 15 to kill 17 people in the deadliest school shooting in the country in five years. The president and fellow Republicans are urging new measures to treat mental illness. T... Persons: Former President Donald Trump, Nikolas Cruz, Phil Keating, Robert Osler, Jeff Sessions, Steve Mnuchin, Richard Blumenthal

• Federal Appeals Court Rules Travel Ban Unconstitutional

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  06:09:30 pm — 06:09:52 pm

  Other news now. A federal appeals court says the president's latest ban on travelers from six largely Muslim countries is unconstitutional. The fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says the measure discriminates against Muslims because of their religion. That upholds a ruling by a federal judge in Maryland. The US Supreme Court has already agreed to hear the travel ban case in April.... Persons: US Supreme Court

• Senate Votes on DOCA Plans

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  06:09:52 pm — 06:13:09 pm

  Plenty of action tonight in the U.S. Senate on illegal immigration. But is anything actually being accomplished? Chief congressional correspondent Mike Emanuel is on Capitol Hill tonight with the breakdown of a busy day. Good evening, Mike. Well, Brett, good evening. The Senate voted on multiple DOCA plans, but all fell short of the 60 vote threshold, with just 39 senators voting in favor of a take it or leave it pitch. This is it in a sense, only plan that can become law because the president s... Persons: Mike Emanuel, Chuck Grassley, Former President Donald Trump, Bob Goodlatte

• Bannon Testifies Before Mueller

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  06:13:09 pm — 06:15:45 pm

  President Trump's former right hand man says things in the West Wing were 50 times what you've heard. And his former chief strategist is still not telling lawmakers what they want to hear. But he is talking to special counsel Robert Mueller. Chief intelligence correspondent Katherine herridge has new details on that tonight. Catherine. Well, thank you. But a source close to the matter confirmed to Fox News that the former White House chief strategist was interviewed by the special counsel this w... Persons: Former President Donald Trump, Robert Mueller, Katherine Herridge, Steve Bannon, Don McGahn, James Comey, Jared Kushner, P.T. Barnum, Jeff Sessions, Mike Pence

• Wall Street Surges, Gas Tax Increase Possible

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  06:15:45 pm — 06:18:05 pm

  The recovery continues on Wall Street. The Dow surged today 307 points. The S&P 500 was up 33. The Nasdaq finished ahead 113. President Trump, meantime, is reportedly supporting an increase in the federal gasoline tax, according to lawmakers who met with him Wednesday. It would be the first such jump in a quarter century. Deirdre Bolton of the Fox Business Network joins us from New York with details. Good evening, Deirdre. Good evening, Brett. Federal gasoline taxes are exactly the same prices a... Persons: Former President Donald Trump, Deirdre Bolton, Elaine Chao

• Rikers Island Jail Closure

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  06:18:05 pm — 06:19:14 pm

  First, what some of our Fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. Fox five In New York is Mayor Bill de Blasio. And city council leaders say they've reached an agreement to close the notorious Rikers Island jail complex and house inmates in smaller jails around the city by 2027. The announcement came just hours after a state watchdog commission said Rikers was one of the five worst local jails in the state. Fox, 32, in Chicago with a bond hearing for a man charged in the fatal shoo... Persons: Mayor Bill de Blasio, Shomari Legghette, Commander Paul Bauer

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  06:19:14 pm — 06:22:30 pm

• Shulkin to Reimburse Taxpayer Funds

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  06:22:30 pm — 06:23:16 pm

  Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin says the check is in the mail tonight to cover parts of his taxpayer funded trip to Europe last year with his wife. Yesterday, the VA inspector general said Shulkin improperly used government funds to pay for his wife's travel. To keep the attention focused on the important things that I've made, the decision to reimburse the Treasury to follow the IG recommendations, and I'm committed to doing what we have to do to focus on veterans and make this better.... Persons: David Shulkin, Mike Coffman

• Veterans and Contractors Suffer Breathing Woes

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  06:23:16 pm — 06:26:00 pm

  Veterans who served in the Middle East, along with some private contractors, are complaining of breathing problems associated with large areas of burning garbage. Of course, one will car tonight on a little known issue, causing big problems for a lot of people. Started having some periodic wheezing and wasn't really sure where that was coming from. Veronica Landry worked as a private contractor on Mosul Air Force Base for a year at the height of the Iraq war. Her employer, Kellogg, Brown and Roo... Persons: Veronica Landry, Brett Will Carr

• Russia Acknowledges Citizens Killed

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  06:26:00 pm — 06:26:50 pm

  First, beyond our borders tonight. Russia is acknowledging five of its citizens may have been killed in a U.S. strike against pro-Syrian government forces. The February 7th barrage came in response to an attack on US backed Syrian Kurdish fighters. Meantime, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the U.S. has never given those fighters heavy weapons. Tillerson made that comment in Beirut, part of his visit with European allies. South Africa has a new president. Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in follow..., February 7th, Rex Tillerson, South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, Jacob Zuma

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  06:26:50 pm — 06:29:54 pm

• Accused Florida Shooter Makes Court Appearance

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  06:29:54 pm — 06:32:57 pm

  Here's our top story at the bottom of the hour. The accused shooter in yesterday's Florida school massacre made his first court appearance this afternoon. 19 year old Nikolas Cruz is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. Many of those who survived are being treated at a hospital in Pompano Beach. That's where we find chief national correspondent Ed Henry tonight with the very latest. Good evening and good evening. If there's even a tiny bit of good news tonight amid all of this tragedy,... Persons: Nikolas Cruz, Ed Henry, Aaron Feis

• Romney Delays Senate Announcement

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  06:32:57 pm — 06:35:49 pm

  Politics largely pushed aside by all of this. Mitt Romney called off what was supposed to be today's announcement that he is running for Senate from Utah pushed off because of yesterday's shooting. Obviously, he's expected to do it tomorrow in the form of a video. Whenever it happens, it will launch the former Republican presidential nominee into a campaign. Many believe he has a very good chance of winning. Correspondent Alicia Acuna looks at what's ahead. Hours after the Florida shooting, form... Persons: Mitt Romney, Alicia Acuna, Orrin Hatch, Rob Anderson, Jennie Wilson, Donald Trump, Barack Obama

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  06:35:49 pm — 06:38:53 pm

• Commitment to School Safety and Mental Health

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  06:38:53 pm — 06:47:29 pm

  We are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health and mental health. You're not going to fully stop gun violence. Stronger gun violence prevention and background checks. We have not done a very good job of making sure that people that have mental reasons for not being able to handle a gun, getting their name in the FBI files. And we need to concentrate on that. I'd rather pass gun safety legislation than win the el... Persons: Judge Andrew Napolitano, Jonah Goldberg, A.B. Stoddard, Jonathan Swan, Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump, Paul Ryan

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  06:47:29 pm — 06:50:44 pm

• Senate Fails to Pass Immigration Bills

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  06:50:44 pm — 06:56:02 pm

  The motion is not agreed to. I thought we may be able to resolve this. I was hoping we could reach a bipartisan solution that could pass the Senate, pass the House and earn President Trump's signature. But once again, when the hour came to actually make law, instead of just making political points, our friends across the aisle were either unable or unwilling to get something done. You don't get 100% of what you want in a democracy. Maybe in a dictatorship, you have to give and take. You have to ... Persons: Former President Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Steve King, Speaker Ryan, John Cornyn, Steve Bannon, Robert Mueller, Rick Gates

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  06:56:02 pm — 06:59:04 pm

• Parkland, Florida Mourns Together

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  06:59:04 pm — 07:00:01 pm

  Before this is visited on another community and another community and another. Looking live there, Parkland, Florida Amphitheater, a vigil underway, obviously remembering those killed and talking about what's next for that community. Finally tonight, they do train for this. And yet even those Florida fearless first responders. Yesterday's massacre was beyond belief. As we started our response, we really weren't sure if this was a real event or not. Our firefighters share in their grief. They fee...

• Good Night

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  07:00:01 pm — 07:00:01 pm

  Thank you for inviting us into your home tonight. We wish the news was better. That's it for this special report. Fair, balanced and still unafraid. The story hosted by Martha MacCallum starts right now....